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Man lying on the ground surrounded by discarded cans

Miner's wife, Mingo County, West Virginia

Mrs. Mike Trbovich, coal miner's wife (Trbovich is now vice-president of United Mine Workers.) Father was a coal miner. Independent, self-sufficient. Talented artist, took course in furniture making and made complete set of patio furniture. Now…

Children in a coal camp, Rhodell, West Virginia. Photo featured in Harper's Magazine, 1971

Girl in a coal camp, Pita, West Virginia

Unidentified boy sits near a garbage pile

Buddy Hale "The Old Coal Miner"

George McClain, a former miner with Silicosis, sits with his 80-year-old mother at their home in Beaver, West Virginia. This photograph was featured in the September 1969 Mountain Life and Work Magazine.

Unidentified woman with two children

Woman holding a baby

Miners carrying lunch pails at Slab Fork Coal Company, in Slab Fork, West Virginia. Loaded train cars are visible in the background

Unidentified group of children

Unidentified children

Unidentified young African American boy sitting in a chair playing a guitar.

Two men on on a boxcar.

Unidentified child playing with a play cup, a jar, and an old metal percolator. This photo was featured in "From the Hills" p. 63, 1974.

Unidentified male coal miner with an MSA (Mine Safety Appliance) Rescuer Respirator for one time escape protection from toxic carbon monoxide.

Excerpt from the Hot Edge of Hell, Foreword

Excerpts from the Hot Edge of Hell , Foreward

Excerpts from the Hot Edge of Hell , Foreward

Excerpts from the Hot Edge of Hell , Foreward

Excerpts from the Hot Edge of Hell , Foreward

Excerpts from the Hot Edge of Hell , Foreward

Excerpts from the Hot Edge of Hell , Foreward

Unidentified woman in a school gymnasium raises her hand to ask a question of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski at a UMWA event